Quarter of one percentage point. The ftse 100 is intending on keeping its high in terms of sterling. Just a point higher. Germany down about 2 10 of 1 . Makro movers, the column with all the Economic Data is very quiet in europe. Is taking up much of the room for the forex. Swedish krona is having a great day. Bonds, yieldsto are rising in the likes of germany and france as well. A little bit of selling in germany. The twoyear yield 18 basis points in germany right now. That is for the european markets. Lets take a look at the u. S. Markets. Abigail we are looking at modest gains for the major u. S. Averages and seb dow and s p 500 slipping between very small gains and losses. Yesterday, the s p 500 on the close did have its worst day since october 11. A little bit of weakness there, but looking at modest gains. Also trading higher today are the small caps. Similarlook at story to what is happening on the year. This is a six month charge. And the blue, we had the s p 500. Cap index. Te
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as the far end of the pendulum it allows everybody to start from a position of we are going to work to keep openness as the basic principle and work act back from there with the exceptions. it sounds like you are saying, congress, keep up the good work. just to put you on the record. thanks so much for your enlightened legislation in the internet area. a senator from nebraska ended up being a visionary that he never expected to be. [laughter] you can layer on acceptable use policies, things that in the company s judgment like auctions that are prohibited. sure. that has been from day one also. that was part of the protection of section 230 and 512 that provided for the ability for companies to exercise judgment and to get rid of things they believe are in the consumer s interest. when there s been a conflict and commerce. fake rolex watches, fake wetsuits watches being sold on ebay, is that settled now? i would say that the great copyright and trademark wars ove
we will look at the financial struggles and some of the biggest u.s. cities. we will find a list on what is happening find out the latest on what is happening with detroit. and why aspiring authors are bypassing big publishing houses and reaching out to the readers although their own all on their own. the government shutdown in the infected may have had on the u.s. has a market to for more on this, will the street today thinking live in the newsroom with more. first, the newly the good news. the u.s. has a market has picked up this year. the national median price for a home in september was just under $200,000. that is an 11.7% jump from a year ago. but even before the government shutdown, it seemed there there are signs that the market might be calling might be cooling. but the worry of the shutdown is this. 25% of all u.s. mortgages are backed by one u.s. government agency or another. most of which would close the 16 most of which were closed and the 16 days